Re: [ferret_users] variable names with dashes

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peng,
Yes, there's a way to handle this. I'll just point you to where you can 
find the information. The index entry you need in the Users Guide is 
under "netCDF, invalid variable names"

Also, look up "Renaming variables"  which is another way to deal with 
this - you give the variable a new name upon opening the file, and that 
new name replaces the one that's hard to use.

Ansley

On 8/10/2010 9:53 AM, Ge.Peng@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I run into a netCDF data file with variables that have dashes, i.e.,
> u-comp-wind and v-comp-wind. Ferret seems to think it is minus sign in
> between variables (u, v, comp, and wind).
>
> Is there a way I could use those variables in ferret?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --- Peng
>